BEHAVIOUR 2015*
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Welcome
Plenary One
Chair: Phil Taylor
Speed Talks
Chair: Culum Brown
Morning Tea
CONCURRENT SESSION: Communication
Communication
Chair: Anastasia Dalziell
CONCURRENT SESSION: Animal navigation and tracking: adventures in sea, land and sky (Symposium)
Animal navigation and tracking: adventures in sea, land and sky (Symposium)
Chair: Andy Bennett
CONCURRENT SESSION: Sexual Selection
Sexual selection
Chair: Rob Brooks
CONCURRENT SESSION: Applied Ethology
Applied ethology
Chair: Mareike Fellmin
CONCURRENT SESSION: Cooperation/Helping
Cooperation/helping
Chair: Amanda Ridley
CONCURRENT SESSION: Virtual reality: Computer animations as a tool in animal behaviour research (Symposium)
Virtual reality: Computer animations as a tool in animal behaviour research (Symposium)
Chair: Robert Gerlai
CONCURRENT SESSION: Other / Endocrine control of behaviour: the avian perspective (Symposium)
Other
Chair: Kate Buchanan
Lunch
CONCURRENT SESSION: Communication / Cognition and animal signalling (Symposium)
Communication
Chair: Kelly Jaakkola
CONCURRENT SESSION: Animal navigation and tracking: adventures in sea, land and sky (Symposium) / Learning and Cognition
Learning and cognition
Chair: Ajay Narendra
CONCURRENT SESSION: Sexual Selection / Human Mating (Symposium)
Sexual selection
Chair: Danielle Sulikowski
CONCURRENT SESSION: Applied ethology / Human influences on behaviour: climate change, habitat alteration, etc.
Applied ethology
Chair: Gabriella Ljungström
CONCURRENT SESSION: Cooperation/Helping / Foraging/predation
Chair: Redouan Bshary
CONCURRENT SESSION: Virtual reality: Computer animations as a tool in animal behaviour research (Symposium) / Personality
Virtual reality: Computer animations as a tool in animal behaviour research (Symposium)
Chair: Gil Rosenthal
CONCURRENT SESSION: Endocrine control of behaviour: the avian perspective (Symposium)
Endocrine control of behaviour: the avian perspective (Symposium)
Chair: Marilyn Ramenofsky
Afternoon Tea
CONCURRENT SESSION: Cognition and animal signalling (Symposium)
Cognition and animal signalling (Symposium)
Chair: Marlen Fröhlich
CONCURRENT SESSION: Learning and cognition / Information processing in natural conditions (Symposium)
Animal navigation and tracking: adventures in sea, land and sky (Symposium)
Chair: Tiffani Howell
CONCURRENT SESSION: Human Mating (Symposium)
Human Mating (Symposium)
Chair: Rachel Gilbert
CONCURRENT SESSION: Human influences on behaviour: climate change, habitat alteration, etc.
Applied ethology
Chair: Bridie Allan
CONCURRENT SESSION: Foraging/Predation
Chair: Mike Webster
CONCURRENT SESSION: Personality
Personality
CONCURRENT SESSION: Exposure to stress during early development: consequences for behaviour and fitness (Symposium)
Exposure to stress during early development: consequences for behaviour and fitness (Symposium)
Chair: Maren Vitousek
Public Lecture
House Keeping
Plenary Two
Chair: Marie Herberstein
Speed Talks
Chair: Culum Brown
Morning Tea
CONCURRENT SESSION: Communication
Communication
Chair: Thomas White
CONCURRENT SESSION: Learning and Cognition
Learning and cognition
Chair: Andrea Griffin
CONCURRENT SESSION: Mating / Costs and Conflict in Reproduction (Symposium)
Mating
Chair: Thierry Hance
CONCURRENT SESSION: Applied ethology: Exploring our impact on animals (Symposium)
Applied ethology: Exploring our impact on animals (Symposium)
Chair: Rebecca Doyle
CONCURRENT SESSION: Cooperation and Conflict in Animal Groups (Symposium)
Cooperation and Conflict in Animal Groups (Symposium)
Chair: Dieter Lukas
CONCURRENT SESSION: Personality
Personality
Chair: Julia Redfern
CONCURRENT SESSION: Hydrostat movement systems: biomechanics and behaviour (Symposium)
Hydrostat movement systems: biomechanics and behaviour (Symposium)
Chair: Marie Herberstein
Lunch
CONCURRENT SESSION: Chemical communication: behaviour, ecology and evolution (Symposium)
Chemical communication: behaviour, ecology and evolution (Symposium)
Chair: Katharina Mahr
CONCURRENT SESSION: Avian Cognition (Symposium)
Avian Cognition (Symposium)
Chair: Debbie Kelly
CONCURRENT SESSION: Costs and Conflict in Reproduction (Symposium)
Costs and Conflict in Reproduction (Symposium)
Chair: Nikolai Tatarnic
CONCURRENT SESSION: Applied ethology: Exploring our impact on animals (Symposium)
Applied ethology: Exploring our impact on animals (Symposium)
Chair: Kristin Descovich
CONCURRENT SESSION: Cooperation and Conflict in Animal Groups (Symposium)
Cooperation and Conflict in Animal Groups (Symposium)
Chair: Marian Wong
CONCURRENT SESSION: Animal personality, aggression and physiological responsiveness (Symposium)
Animal personality, aggression and physiological responsiveness (Symposium)
Chair: Jonathan Pruitt
CONCURRENT SESSION: Animal Swarming and Collective Behavior (Symposium)
Animal Swarming and Collective Behavior (Symposium)
Chair: Phil Taylor
Afternoon Tea
CONCURRENT SESSION: Chemical communication: behaviour, ecology and evolution (Symposium)
Chemical communication: behaviour, ecology and evolution (Symposium)
Chair: Matthew Symonds
CONCURRENT SESSION: Avian Cognition (Symposium)
Avian Cognition (Symposium)
Chair: Carel ten Cate
CONCURRENT SESSION: Costs and Conflict in Reproduction (Symposium)
Costs and Conflict in Reproduction (Symposium)
Chair: Christine Miller
CONCURRENT SESSION: Applied ethology: Exploring our impact on animals (Symposium)
Applied ethology: Exploring our impact on animals (Symposium)
Chair: Sarah Vick
CONCURRENT SESSION: Animal personality, aggression and physiological responsiveness (Symposium)
Animal personality, aggression and physiological responsiveness (Symposium)
Chair: Sasha Dall
CONCURRENT SESSION: Traits and hormones: When is a trait hormone-dependent and when is it not – is there a general picture? (Symposium)
Traits and hormones: When is a trait hormone-dependent and when is it not – is there a general picture? (Symposium)
Chair: Pierre Deviche
Tuesday Poster Session
Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Annual General Meeting
Cairns Tropical Zoo Trip
House Keeping
Plenary Three
Chair: Andy Bennett
Morning Tea
CONCURRENT SESSION: Female song: fitness costs and benefits (Symposium)
Female song: fitness costs and benefits (Symposium)
Chairs: Michelle Hall & Naomi Langmore
CONCURRENT SESSION: Avian Cognition (Symposium)
Avian Cognition (Symposium)
Chair: Alice Auersperg
CONCURRENT SESSION: Mating / Polyandry ‘beyond the individual’ (Symposium)
Other
Chair: Lyanne Brouwer
CONCURRENT SESSION: Human influences on behaviour: climate change, habitat alteration, etc. / Zoos breaking new ground: advances in applied and pure behavioural research (symposium)
Chair: Monique Ladds
CONCURRENT SESSION: Personality
Personality
Chair: Sarah Deventer
CONCURRENT SESSION: Colour in nature: Conceptual and methodological challenges and emerging solutions (Symposium) / Behavioural thermoregulation: Mechanisms and consequences for ecthotherms in a changing world (Symposium)
Behavioural thermoregulation: Mechanisms and consequences for ecthotherms in a changing world (Symposium)
Chair: Erik Wapstra
Lunch
Australasian Evolution Society Annual General Meeting
International Council of Ethologists Annual General Meeting
International Society for Applied Ethology - Social Get Together
CONCURRENT SESSION: Communication
Communication
Chair: Dianne Brunton
CONCURRENT SESSION: Avian Cognition (Symposium)
Avian Cognition (Symposium)
Chair: Alice Auersperg
CONCURRENT SESSION: Polyandry ‘beyond the individual’ (Symposium) / Navigation, movement, migration
Polyandry ‘beyond the individual’ (Symposium)
Chair: Lyanne Brouwer
CONCURRENT SESSION: Zoos breaking new ground: advances in applied and pure behavioural research (symposium)
Zoos breaking new ground: advances in applied and pure behavioural research (symposium)
Chair: Monique Ladds
CONCURRENT SESSION: Personality / Escape and avoidance
Personality
Chair: Marcus Michelangeli
CONCURRENT SESSION: Behavioural thermoregulation: Mechanisms and consequences for ecthotherms in a changing world (Symposium) / Vision using 2 eyes: comparing vertebrates (Symposium)
Behavioural thermoregulation: Mechanisms and consequences for ecthotherms in a changing world (Symposium)
Chair: Erik Wapstra
Afternoon Tea
CONCURRENT SESSION: Communication
Communication
Chair: Danielle Klomp
CONCURRENT SESSION: Avian Cognition (Symposium)
Avian Cognition (Symposium)
Chair: Lauren Guillette
CONCURRENT SESSION: Movement, navigation, migration
Movement, navigation, migration
Chair: Ken Cheng
CONCURRENT SESSION: Zoos breaking new ground: advances in applied and pure behavioural research (symposium)
Zoos breaking new ground: advances in applied and pure behavioural research (symposium)
Chair: Michael Magrath
CONCURRENT SESSION: Escape and avoidance / Contest behaviour
Contest behaviour
Chair: Martin Whiting
CONCURRENT SESSION: Vision using 2 eyes: comparing vertebrates (Symposium)
Vision using 2 eyes: comparing vertebrates (Symposium)
Chair: Mary Hayhoe
Wednesday Poster Session
Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park Dinner
House Keeping
Plenary Four
Chair: Matthew Symonds
CONCURRENT SESSION: Communication
Communication
Chair: Johanna Mappes
CONCURRENT SESSION: Learning and Cognition
Learning and cognition
Chair: Megan Mackay
CONCURRENT SESSION: Sexual Selection
Sexual selection
Chair: Cory Toth
CONCURRENT SESSION: Human impact: Behavioural and cognitive responses to human-induced environmental change (Symposium)
Human impact: Behavioural and cognitive responses to human-induced environmental change (Symposium)
Chair: Patrick Tomkins
CONCURRENT SESSION: Escape and avoidance
Escape and avoidance
Chair: Christine Miller
CONCURRENT SESSION: Foraging/predation
Comparative brain anatomy: a means of understanding behaviour (Symposium)
Chair: Mathieu Lihoreau
Morning Tea
CONCURRENT SESSION: Multimodal Signaling: Is it Special? (Symposium)
Multimodal Signaling: Is it Special? (Symposium)
Chair: Johanna Mappes
CONCURRENT SESSION: New directions in testing Animal Theory of Mind (Symposium)
New directions in testing Animal Theory of Mind (Symposium)
Chair: Peter Godfrey-Smith
CONCURRENT SESSION: Sexual Selection / Mating
Sexual selection
Chair: Cory Toth
CONCURRENT SESSION: Human impact: Behavioural and cognitive responses to human-induced environmental change (Symposium)
Human impact: Behavioural and cognitive responses to human-induced environmental change (Symposium)
Chair: Sabine Tebbich
CONCURRENT SESSION: Escape and avoidance / Animal Contests: Assessment and the Evolution of Animal Weaponry (Symposium)
Escape and avoidance
Chair: Christine Miller
CONCURRENT SESSION: Foraging/predation / Foraging in complex environments (Symposium)
Comparative brain anatomy: a means of understanding behaviour (Symposium)
Chair: Mathieu Lihoreau
Lunch
CONCURRENT SESSION: Communication / Colour in nature: Conceptual and methodological challenges and emerging solutions (Symposium)
Colour in nature: Conceptual and methodological challenges and emerging solutions (Symposium)
Chair: Adrian Dyer
CONCURRENT SESSION: Learning and Cognition
Learning and cognition
Chair: Anders Brodin
CONCURRENT SESSION: Parenting / Parent-Young Relationship: variability and consequences on offspring development (Symposium)
Mating
Chair: Sophie Lumineau
CONCURRENT SESSION: Human impact: Behavioural and cognitive responses to human-induced environmental change (Symposium)
Human impact: Behavioural and cognitive responses to human-induced environmental change (Symposium)
Chair: Minna Saaristo
CONCURRENT SESSION: Animal Contests: Assessment and the Evolution of Animal Weaponry (Symposium)
Animal Contests: Assessment and the Evolution of Animal Weaponry (Symposium)
Chair: Glauco Machado
CONCURRENT SESSION: Foraging in complex environments (Symposium) / What are the model systems of our future? (Symposium)
Stress and behaviour
Chair: Alistair Senior
Afternoon Tea
CONCURRENT SESSION: Colour in nature: Conceptual and methodological challenges and emerging solutions (Symposium)
Colour in nature: Conceptual and methodological challenges and emerging solutions (Symposium)
Chair: Thomas White
CONCURRENT SESSION: Learning and Cognition
Learning and cognition
Chair: Jens Krause
CONCURRENT SESSION: Parent-Young Relationship: variability and consequences on offspring development (Symposium)
Parent-Young Relationship: variability and consequences on offspring development (Symposium)
Chair: Sonia Kleindorfer
CONCURRENT SESSION: Human impact: Behavioural and cognitive responses to human-induced environmental change (Symposium)
Human impact: Behavioural and cognitive responses to human-induced environmental change (Symposium)
Chair: Kathryn Arnold
CONCURRENT SESSION: Animal Contests: Assessment and the Evolution of Animal Weaponry (Symposium)
Animal Contests: Assessment and the Evolution of Animal Weaponry (Symposium)
Chair: Mark Briffa
CONCURRENT SESSION: What are the model systems of our future? (Symposium)
What are the model systems of our future? (Symposium)
Chair: Ximena Nelson
Break
Conference Dinner
CONCURRENT SESSION: Communication / Cooperative (Big) Predators: The links between Communication, Cognition and Sociality (Symposium)
Communication
Chair: Simon Griffith
CONCURRENT SESSION: Sensory processes
Comparative brain anatomy: a means of understanding behaviour (Symposium)
Chair: Sara Stieb
CONCURRENT SESSION: Parenting / Stress and behaviour
Parental behaviour
Chair: Ondi Crino
CONCURRENT SESSION: Invasiveness: Genetic and epigenetic drivers of behaviours influencing invasiveness and native species response to invaders (Symposium)
Invasiveness: Genetic and epigenetic drivers of behaviours influencing invasiveness and native species response to invaders (Symposium)
Chair: Ashleigh Wolfe
CONCURRENT SESSION: Contest behaviour / Cooperative (Big) Predators: The links between Communication, Cognition and Sociality (Symposium)
Escape and avoidance
Chair: Daniel Blumstein
CONCURRENT SESSION: Development
Development
Chair: Marie Herberstein
Morning Tea
CONCURRENT SESSION: Cooperative (Big) Predators: The links between Communication, Cognition and Sociality (Symposium)
Communication
Chair: Anne Goldizen
CONCURRENT SESSION: Learning and Cognition
Learning and cognition
Chair: Christian Agrillo
CONCURRENT SESSION: Stress and behaviour
Parental behaviour
Chair: Ondi Crino
CONCURRENT SESSION: Comparative brain anatomy: a means of understanding behaviour (Symposium)
Cooperative (Big) Predators: The links between Communication, Cognition and Sociality (Symposium)
Chair: Mandyam Srinivasan
CONCURRENT SESSION: Cooperative (Big) Predators: The links between Communication, Cognition and Sociality (Symposium)
Cooperative (Big) Predators: The links between Communication, Cognition and Sociality (Symposium)
Chair: Daniel Blumstein
CONCURRENT SESSION: Development
Development
Chair: Barbara Taborsky